FSCA Email Update ... July 2009

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The FSCA 2009 Convention Program Proposal Committee was amazed at the number and quality of programs submitted for review. And, indeed, the resulting slate of program contributes to one of FSCA's critical missions -- bringing Florida school counselors with relevant professional development. See below to get a glance at this year's program titles or click here to see full descriptions.
 
FSCA 2009 Convention Program Titles:
"Passport To Peace" Character Education Program
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Developing Effective Charts
A TEAM Approach to Career & Education Planning in Middle Schools
Accelerated Learning for the At-Risk Student
Accountability Measures: Use and Implementation
Age of Accountability: Gaining Support for Group Work in Schools
Alternative Counselor Connections Enhancing Student Success (ACCESS)
An Innovative Approach to Peer Mentoring : "Circles & Codes"
Answering the Cry for Help: Suicide Prevention Education
Books That Make a Positive Difference and How You Can Become Published!
Building Resiliency to Change Lives
Career and Technical Education: It's Not Your Father's Wood Shop!
College Prep: It's Elementary
Confronting Death in the School Family
Connections: Families and Schools Supporting Our Youth
Daily Check In Check Out Program for Individual Students
Debunking the Myth of the Model Minority: Counselors as Advocates for Asian Students
Dying to Live: Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
Engaging Parents
FBI -SOS (Safe Online Surfing) Internet Challenge
Florida Education Update: Enhancing School Counselor Leadership
Generation Sext: Instant Messages, Permanent Consequences
Get the "Royal Treatment" for CHOICES and ePEP Updates
Grief Groups In Schools
Guarding Kids Against High Tech Trouble
Helping Students Build Futures: Career Development Strategies for School Counselors
Hispanics in the USA: Academic Strength through Diversity
How Counselors can be a Positive Influence on Sexual Minorities
Increasing Parental Involvement in Urban Schools
Intimate Danger: Strategies for Counselors Addressing Dating Violence
Keep It Brief
Know How 2 Go: A Student Access Program
Learn by Doing: "Excellerated" Learning
Legal and Ethical Issues in Working with Minors in Schools
Peer Mediation: Bridge to Success
Practical Approach for Counselors to Set Goals and Measure Results
Practical Strategies to Promote Positive Parent and School Relationships
School Counselor Accountability: A MEASURE of Student Success
Spreading the Word about Character Education
Strategies That Build Rapport, Connections, and Motivate Students to Stay in School 
Strategies to Empower Parents To Empower Children
Targeting Boys: Strengths to Facilitate Help-Seeking in Our Schools
Ten Innovative Ways to Enhance your High School Counseling Program
Texts and Tweets and Blogs, Oh My! Counseling Students with Technology
The Best Antidote to Violence: Transforming a School's Climate and Culture
The Internet "Shift": What YOU Need to Know!
Utilizing an Accountability Measure throughout the School Counseling Internship Experience
What do You Want to be When You Grow Up?
Working with Autism Spectrum Disorders in the School
Year One Progress: A $1,200,000 Grant to Improve 9th Grade Success
 
Other News ..
 
FSCA's Communications Team is putting the final touches on the August 2009 issue of the Florida School Counselor Magazine. In addition to being available online, this special Back to School issue will be printed and mailed to all FSCA members. So if you receive this email and are not yet a member, join now so you too will be included in the mailing.
 
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The FSCA News Blog is updated almost daily. Recent headlines include:

 

  •  Certification Bonus Payments
  •  Achievement Gaps
  •  2010 School Counselor of the Year Nomination
  •  New Bully Prevention Recommendations Released
  •  State University System Regional Admissions Workshops
  •  Power to Learn - PS 119 Fifth graders become Internet Smart!
  •  Number of Florida Schools Earning 'A's Climbs To All Time High
  •  Sexting, Cyberbullying, Online Predators...
  •  Crash Course for Parents
  •  PA-07-180: School-based Interventions to Prevent Obesity (R01)
  •  Impact Evaluation of the U.S. Department of Education's Student Mentoring Program

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